At an outreach event in 2017, hundreds of schoolchildren piled off buses, and upon seeing a figure in rugged leather boots, waistcoat, breeches and leather tricorn hat, shouts of exclamation began. The full Spanish colonial costume, worn by the Museum of South Texas History’s Associate Education Officer Joseph Fox, fueled the students’ excitement before they […]

Let’s have fun! Susan LeMiles, a local author, will entertain museum visitors with tales, bloopers and little-known facts about the Rio Grande Valley’s role in the American Civil War—with some details not “fit for museums.” LeMiles’ presentation, “Shenanigans on the Rio Grande,” will start at 1 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 2, at the Museum of South […]

This temporary exhibit, which was designed by Senior Historian Tom Fort and Associate Education Officer Joseph Fox, features side-by-side comparisons between historic photos of early buildings in Edinburg and recent photos showing what these sites are today. These photos include: the Lipscomb building (once a dry goods store on today’s Cano Street), school buildings such […]

“The Goodnight-Loving Trail ran from Young County, Texas, southwest to Horsehead Crossing on the Pecos River, up the Pecos to Fort Sumner, New Mexico, and on north to Colorado,” according to the Texas State Historical Association website. However, it could be speculated that some herders from the Chisholm Trail took a turn and joined the […]

This temporary exhibit, which was designed by Senior Historian Tom Fort and Associate Education Officer Joseph Fox, features side-by-side comparisons between historic photos of early buildings in Edinburg and recent photos showing what these sites are today. These photos include: the Lipscomb building (once a dry goods store on today’s Cano Street), school buildings such […]

The mission of the Frontier Times Museum is to serve “the county and visitors through eclectic collections… that Bandera County and its impact on the Texas frontier.” It was founded by J. Marvin Hunter, who was part of the news printing business and also publisher of the Frontier Times Magazine from 1923 until 1954 in […]

The special event admission fees are $8 for adults (ages 18+); $6 for seniors with ID (ages 62+), active military and students with ID (ages 13+); $5 for children (ages 4 to 12) and free for children ages 3 and younger. FRIENDS of the MOSTHistory are admitted free as a benefit of FRIENDship and must […]

This temporary exhibit, which was designed by Senior Historian Tom Fort and Associate Education Officer Joseph Fox, features side-by-side comparisons between historic photos of early buildings in Edinburg and recent photos showing what these sites are today. These photos include: the Lipscomb building (once a dry goods store on today’s Cano Street), school buildings such […]

This temporary exhibit, which was designed by Senior Historian Tom Fort and Associate Education Officer Joseph Fox, features side-by-side comparisons between historic photos of early buildings in Edinburg and recent photos showing what these sites are today. These photos include: the Lipscomb building (once a dry goods store on today’s Cano Street), churches like the […]

This temporary exhibit, which was designed by Senior Historian Tom Fort and Associate Education Officer Joseph Fox, features side-by-side comparisons between historic photos of early buildings in Edinburg and recent photos showing what these sites are today. These photos include: the Lipscomb building (once a dry goods store on today’s Cano Street), churches like the […]